Postal card



Sept. 23 1924. 1,509,662

F. E. BARNETT POSTAL CARD Filed July 7, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 AGENTS TEAR OFF COPVSHEET ON THIS LINE 1 IEBQZZZEZZ; INVENTORI WITNESSES W BY ATTOR N EY Sept. 23, 1924. 1,509,662

F. E. BARNETT POSTAL CARD Filed July '7, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WITNESSES Patentefl Sept. 23, 1924.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK ELWOOD BARNETT, OF TAMPICO, MEXICO.

POSTAL CARD.

Application filed July 7, 1922. Serial No. fi'ilfitttt.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. BARNE'IT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tampico, Tamaulipas, and Republic of Mexico, have invented new and useful Improvements in Postal Cards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to postal cards.

The object of the invention is to provide a postal card with recesses forming a part thereof, whereby a carbon copy may be made at the time of writing the message, the copy being later severed from the card and filed away for record purposes.

In carrying out the invention, it provide a postal card comprising a blank having a top portion separable therefrom, said removable top portion having initially and permanently attached thereto a relatively thin sheet of paper capable of forming a carbon copy, the blank and the thin sheet having a carbon sheet interposed between the same, when introduced into a typewriting machine, for receiving a duplicate of the name, address and communication in properly spaced positions, the said carbon copy attached to the removable top portion having the name and address, etc., of the sender thereon bein adapted to be removed from the blank an filed away as a record, after which the rest of the blank isfolded and sealed and mailed.

A full and complete understanding of the invention may be obtained from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, it being understood that while the drawing shows a practical form of the invention, the latter is not confined to strict conformity with the showing thereof, but may be changed or modified, so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention, as specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank, partially rolled back to disclose a portion of the carbon sheet and the copy sheet;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same from top to bottom thereof;

Figure 3 a perspective view of the copy sheet having the carbon copy of the name, address and communication imprinted thereon, together with that portion of the blank to which the said copy sheet is attached, ready to be filed away;

Figure 4: is a perspective view of the folded and sealed card and showing the communication side of the same;

Figure 5 is a similar view of the card looking at the side having the name and address and stamp thereon.

Great sums of money are constantly being spent unnecessarily for postage, paper and envelopes in the sending of short messages, orders or other communications in sealed enclosures, when the same could be easier, more quickl and more economically sent by using posta cards. The great drawback to the use of the latter has heretofore been the impossibility of simultaneously making a carbon copy of the communication for the purpose of keeping a record.

The present invention is designed to overcome this difficulty by providing a blank sheet form, which may be placed in a typewriting machine in the same manner as an ordinary sheet of paper, the copy sheet being already attached at the upper end to the blank by a separable top portion, it being only necessary to place an ordinary sheet of carbon paper of proper size between the blank and the copy sheet to transfer the writing to the copy sheet in the ordinary manner, after which the copy sheet with the attached top portion may be torn from the remainder of the blank and filed away, and the rest of the blank folded, sealed and stamped for mailing as a postal card.

The blank 1 as illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings, is preferably formed of stout paper similar to that used in ordinary posthe blank which I have referred to as the removable top or name portion is adapted to have printed thereon the name of the sending firm, as at 2, together with such other information as may be desired, and a row of rforations 3 is formed in the blank just be ow the space devoted to the name, which perforations extend across the blank and form a line of separation between the top portion and the main body of the blank 2. The remainder of the blank, below the line of transversely disposed perforations 3, is designed to be detached from the said top portion after the copy has been made.

Substantially midway between the top and bottom edges of the blank, a crease line is indicated at 4,, and a strip of dry adhesive, such as mucilage, indicated at 5, is applied to the other side of the blank in the space between the line of perforations 3 and the crease line 4, which space constitutes a flap 6, and is ada ted to receive the typewritten name and ad ress of the recipient of the card, as indicated at 7 in Figure 5 of the drawin The remainder 8 of the blank 1 constitutes the postal card proper, and is adapted to receive the typewritten communication, order or other message, as indicated at 9 in Figure 4.

Attached, as by mucilage or other ad- -hesive, indicated at 10 in Figure 1 to the removable top or name portion, is a sheet .of copy paper 11 of equal size with the blank 1 and preferably of the usual thin, tough kind designed for carbon copies, such adhesive bein only a narrow strip located at the top e ge, and adapted to hold the cop sheet 11 to the removable top portion of t e blank.

A sheet of carbon paper 12 of equal size with the blank 1 and co y sheet 11, is placed between the same, an the three elements placed into a ty ewriting machine in the usual manner. file name and address 7 is then imprinted in the space constituting the flap 6, and the message written below the line 4 in the space 8 devoted to that purpose. After the three elements are removed from the machine, and the carbon sheet 12 withdrawn, the blank is torn along the line of perforations 3 and the card severed from the record. By foldin the flap 6 backwardly along the crease 'ne 4 and moistening the adhesive 5, the said flap is made to adhere to the face of the postal card, as illustrated in Figure 5, the necessarypostage bein then placed in the area defined at 13, w en it will be seen, the name and address of the recipient. is located on one side of the card in the usual manner, and

the messa e on the other. The co y sheet 11 with t e carbon copy 7 of t e name and address of the recipient imprinted thereon together with the carbon copy 9 of the message, in pro r order, and still attached to the removab e name portion 2 of the blank, by means of the adhesive strip 10, may then be placed away on file in any desired manner.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a simple, cheap manufactured postal card has been provided, which is adapted to be written on by a t ewriter while a carbon copy of all the writm is being made simultaneously, thus provi ing a long felt want, and resulting, by the use of the same, in a saving of time, abor and money.

What is claimed is 1. A card board blank having a space at the top for printing, and a transverse line of perforations at the lower edge of the space, a copy sheet secured at its top edge to the rear side of the blank at the top for use' in a typewritin machine, after a carbon sheet has been p aced between the blank and copy sheet, that portion of the blank below the perforations being adapted to receive the writing and to be torn off along the lineof perforations to constitute the postal card, the said portion of the blank being divided by a transverse crease line into an address-receiving flap, and a message-receiving card, the opposite face of which has printed thereon the required indicia to show that it is a ostal card, whereby upon separating the b ank at the line of perforations the top portion of the blank carries the 00 y sheet and acts as a holder and stiffener or the latter to facilitate filing the same awa while the address-receiving flap may be olded and secured against that face of the message-receiving portion below the said postal card indicia.

2. A card board blank having a space at the top for printing, and a transverse line of perforations at the lower edge of the space, a copy sheet secured at its top edge to the rear side of the blank at t e top for use in a typewriting machine, after a carbon sheet has been laced between the blank and co y sheet, t at portion of the blank below t e perforations being adapted to receive the writin and to be torn off along the line of per orations to constitute the postal card, the detachable portion having a crease line across the same spaced from and parallel to the line of perforations to define a flap to receive the name and address of the reci ient, and having adhesive on the rear si e for holdin the same to the front of the card after being folded along said line.

3. A card board blank ha a space at the top for (printing the sender a name and address, an a transverse line of perforations at the lower edge of the space, a copy sheet secured at its top edge to the rear side of the blank at the top for use in a t writing machine, after a carbon sheet been placed between the blank and cogy sheet, that portion of the blank below t e perforations being adapted to receive the writing and to be torn oif along the line of per orations to constitute the ostal card, the to portion of the blank avin the sender s name and address thereon an earrying the carbon copy sheet acting as a holder or stifiener for the latter and adapted to facilitate filing away the same for 10 a record.

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